Autism should not be seen as single condition with one cause, say scientists

People who stop smoking in middle age can reduce their cognitive decline so dramatically that within 10 years their chances of developing dementia are the same as someone who has never smoked…

Consciousness could emerge from Glymphatic-generated Electromagnetic Fields

GABA/glutamate imbalance is a core feature of Autism

A single mitochondrial calcium exchanger influences diseases across the brain, heart, and metabolism

Research provides evidence that longer screen time is associated with increased ADHD symptoms and brain structural development

Research found hearing loss and allergic rhinitis are associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), with a stronger association seen in patients with both conditions than either one alone.

Dopamine slightly increases willingness to wait for rewards, reducing impulsivity by around 20%, contradicting previous studies that suggested dopamine increases impulsive choices.

New research found that people with poor sleep had brains that appeared significantly older than expected based on their actual age

Seniors who get a concussion are more likely to develop dementia or falter as they age

How the brain's activity, energy use and blood flow change as people fall asleep

New research in mice finds that neurons create fatty acids which are used to generate the energy needed to keep brain cells functioning.

A new study reveals that while we sleep, our brains quietly sort through the day’s experiences, keeping what we intend to remember and letting emotion-driven moments drift away.

Lapses of attention leading to zoning out in sleep-deprived people coincide with wave of cerebrospinal fluid flowing out of the brain, finds new EEG and fMRI study

Inflammation leads to lower reward motivation by causing microglia to remove glutamate inputs from dopamine neurons in the brain’s reward center

The brain's ability to form memories may rely on a 'chimera state', a strange physical state where some neurons sync up while others don't

Children who “play like boys” in preschool show better spatial abilities a decade later: children with masculine-typical play styles at 3.5 years of age tend to perform better in a mental rotation task when they are 13 years old…

Aged rats who lived in socially enriched environments throughout life retained better memory and cognitive flexibility than those housed alone, and performed just as well as young adults in memory tasks

Dementia linked to problems with brain’s waste clearance system: impaired movement of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) predicted risk of dementia later in life among 40,000 adults

Cyberdelics: Virtual reality can replicate cognitive effects of psychedelics, new study finds

Levels of PFAS, or forever chemicals, in mothers’ blood during pregnancy are associated with many aspects of their children’s brain structure and function

A severed brain reveals the power to reroute communication

Men’s brains shrink faster than women’s: During ageing, men experience a greater reduction in volume across more regions of the brain than women do

People on the far-right and far-left exhibit strikingly similar brain responses

Prenatal stress from natural disasters has lifelong negative effects on development, increasing fetal cortisol exposure, altering cortisol sensitivity, and glucocorticoid receptors (NR3C1)

Epigenetic switch to turn memories on and off created: Researchers used CRISPR tools to control the Arc gene in memory-storing engram cells in the brain

TV-viewing and gaming were associated with increased focus relative to baseline, whereas social media use was associated with decreased focus

Newly discovered brain cells linked to uncertainty and decision making in the orbitofrontal cortex of rats could pave the way for treatments for anxiety and substance use disorders

New research found older COVID-19 survivors more likely to develop new-onset dementia

A fast-paced computerized cognitive training program restored acetylcholine levels in the brain, equivalent to reversing about a decade of age-related decline

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